Drawer support means

ABSTRACT

The drawer support means hooks over a horizontal rail of a cabinet front wall, and requires no other support from the cabinet walls in presenting drawer guides capable of supporting a drawer or the like for sliding movement through a front opening of the cabinet. It is installed without the use of tools or customary fasteners.

15] 3,682,524 [451 Aug. 8, 1972 United States Patent Starace DRAWERSUPPORT MEANS 2,656,223 10/1953 Gray..........................182/1l9[72] Inventor; Louis Stance, 7304 Scottwood 2,739,028 3/1956Siggia....................312/349X Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 452372,994,402 8/1961 Tyler 182/152 July 9, 1970 [22] Filed:

Primary Examiner-James T. McCall Att0rney.l. Warren Kinney, Jr.

[21] Appl. No.: 53,429

[57] ABSTRACT The drawer support means hooks over a horizontal [52] US.Cl. ....3l2/330, 312/345, 312/350 [51] Int. 88/00 [58] Field ofSearch......3l2/349, 350, 342

343, rail of a cabinet front wall, and requires no other sup- 162;5/152,

port from the cabinet walls in presenting drawer 308;1/3 guides capableof supporting a drawer or the like for sliding movement through a frontopening of the [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS cabinet. Itis installed without the use of tools or customary fasteners.

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sum 2 or 3 INVENTOR LOUIS A. STARACE ATTOR/V AIEN'TEDAus a 1972 SHEET 30F 3 FIG-IO FIG-ll y M/VE/VTUR LOUIS A. STARACE ATTORNEY DRAWER SUPPORTMEANS This invention relates to a unitary, prefabricated, cantilevereddrawer support means, for use with fumiture or cabinetry having one ormore openings in which a drawer or other slidable element is to befitted.

The drawer support means herein disclosed is so constructed that it maybe introduced into a drawer openin g at the front of the cabinet, andfixed in place to support a drawer or other slidable element without theuse of nails, screws or other fasteners, and without supporting orsecuring the drawer support means at the back or sides of the cabinet.Otherwise stated, the drawer support means when installed, together withany drawer or slidable element suspended thereby, is firmly supportedsolely from the horizontal stile of the front wall of a cabinet or thelike.

An object of the invention is to provide a drawer sup port means of thecharacter stated, which may be installed upon furniture or cabinetry ofall kinds, by unskilled persons and without the use of tools orfasteners.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple drawer supportmeans attachable solely to the horizontal stile of the front wall of acabinet, without the use of separate fasteners, and which may be appliedto knocked-down type furniture, new or old furniture, or any type ofcabinetry to be provided with drawers or other slidable elements.

Another object is to provide a device of the character stated, which ina modified form thereof, may support more than one drawer or slidableelement simultaneously, with anchorage supplied solely by a cabinetfront wall.

A further object of the invention is to provide a drawer support meansfor front wall mounting as hereinbefore stated, which is simple andinexpensive to manufacture and install, and which will materially reducethe labor and cost of furniture or cabinet construction.

Another object is to provide in a device of the character stated, detent38 means for simultaneously suspending and anchoring the drawer supportmeans from the horizontal stile of a cabinet by flexing the sup portmeans past a dead-center position at which the detent means engages andembeds itself in the material of the cabinet.

The foregoing and other objects are attained by the means describedherein and illustrated upon the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, showing a pair ofindividual drawer support means of the invention installed on oppositesides of the drawer opening of a cabinet, suspended from the horizontal1 stile for supporting a drawer.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on a vertical plane passedthrough the middle of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a top plan view taken on line 33 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a fragmental cross section taken on line 4- 4 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged detail view of a drawer guide or suspension meansillustrated upon FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 5, showing a modification.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are views similar to FIGS. 5 and 6, respectively, showinga modification thereof.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a multiple drawer support means, amodification of FIG. 1.

FIG. 10 is a view similar to FIG. 1, showing a drawer support meanshaving right and left portions integral with a central hanger member.

FIG. 11 is a top, plan view of the FIG. 10 drawer support means,including a modification thereof.

FIGS. 12 and 13 are front elevations based on FIGS. 10 and 11, showinghow the support means of FIG. 11 may be flexed into anchored positionwithin a cabinet drawer opening.

In the several drawing views, the numeral 12 indicates the front wall ofa cabinet or article of furniture, having formed therein a draweropening 14. The rear wall of the cabinet is denoted 16, and a side wallis shown at 18. A counter top or top wall 20 overlies the cabinet sideand end walls. The cabinet or article of furniture may include also abottom wall, not illustrated. The horizontal rails 24 and 26 define thevertical dimension of drawer opening 14.

The numeral 28 indicates the face panel of a substantially rectangulardrawer 30 having the usual bottom, rear, and side walls. The side wallsof the drawer are denoted 32, 32. Face panel 28 may carry a suitabledrawer pull 34.

In one form of the drawer support means, according to FIGS. 1 through 6,a drawer is supported by two complementary brackets 36, 36, made asrights and lefts but otherwise identical. The bracket comprises asubstantially triangular horizontal plate or body 38 having a rear end40, and a forward upstanding wall 42 defining the length of body orplate 38. If desired, wall 42 may be integral with said body or plate.

An integral substantially triangular gusset 44 extends along the innerside of body 38 rearwardly from wall 42, and preferably to end 40,diminishing in height from wall 42 to end 40. The gusset may be disposedin a vertical plane, and is fixed to wall 42. Wall 42, at its upper endis bent forwardly and downwardly to provide a hook or inverted channelhanger 46 receptive of a cabinet rail 26. When hooked over the rail 12as in FIG. 2, the full weight and mass of the bracket is supported bythe rail, with body 38 horizontally disposed.

It will be noted in FIG. 2, that the forward wall 42 of the bracketflatly abuts the inner face of rail 26, and hook or hanger 46 precludessagging of the rear end 40 of thebracket, with the air of reinforcinggusset 44. It is noted also that the bracket end 40 and gusset 44receive no support from the rear or side walls of the cabinet.

Body or plate 38 has an outer side marginal portion 48 turneddownwardly, or in a direction opposite to the upturn of gusset 44, andsaid marginal portion 48 carries an elongate drawer guide 50 which bypreference extends the full length of the body or plate, from end 40 towall 42. The drawer guide 50, as illustrated by FIGS. 2 through 5, andFIG. 7 may be in the form of a sideopening channel or groove in whichmay slide the laterally extending tongue or rib 52 carried by the sidewall 32 of a drawer 30. Ribs such as 52 may be fixed to the oppositeside walls of a drawer in any suitable manner, or if desired, mayaccording to FIG. 7 be formed integral with the drawer side walls inmolded plastic drawer constructions.

As an alternative to the guide means above described, the side-openingchannel or groove might be carried by the drawer, with the tongue or ribcarried by the bracket, all as depicted by FIGS. 6 and 8. Thisconstitutes a reversal of the FIG. 5 construction, and may be consideredthe full equivalent thereof. Thus, in FIGS. 6 and 8, the drawer side 32carries a side-opening elongate groove or channel 500, whereas thecooperative rib or tongue 520 is carried by the marginal portion 48 ofbracket body or plate 38. In either case, the drawer is suspended solelyby the brackets 36, 22 for sliding movement through the cabinet openingFIG. 8 is a variation of FIG. 6, wherein the drawer and its channel 500are formed of molded plastic material.

The forward end of the drawer guide portion 48 of body or plate 38 maybe extended forwardly, and turned at right angles, to provide anintegral tab 54 adapted to overlie a limited area of the cabinet frontwall 12 in the immediate vicinity of drawer opening 14. Tab 54 performsthe function of a stop preventing upward tilting of bracket end 40 whena heavy drawer is partially withdrawn, though supported in opening 14.Tab 54 extends laterally outwardly of the drawer guide, and is locatedin the plane of hanger lip 56.

The modified drawer support means of FIG. 9 is distinguished from thatof FIGS. 1 through 5, only in that the depending side marginal portion48 of the body or plate 38 is quite deep or extensive in the downwarddirection, thereby to accommodate a plurality of the drawer guides 50arranged one beneath another as shown. By this means, the device appliedin pairs to an enlarged cabinet drawer opening, may be used to support aplurality of drawers in a vertical column. The guides 50 may be formedas grooves or channels, or in the alternative, they may be formed aselongate horiiontal tongues or ribs as explained in the description ofFIG. 6 and 8, numeral 520.

With further reference to FIG. 9, the depending side portion 48 shouldpossess a measure of rigidity when in service, to preclude outwardspreading of the drawer guides 50 at opposite sides of the cabinetopening. If such spreading appears likely to occur, with resultantliability of one or more drawers to drop within the cabinet, the sideportions 48 of the brackets may be butted against a stop (not shown)applied to the inner face of cabinet front 12 to limit spreadingmovements of side members 48. The same result may be achieved byfastening said member 48 inside the cabinet, to any stationarystructural element of the cabinet located close to member 48.

In all of the drawing views FIGS. 1 through 9, the supporting andguiding of a drawer suggests the use of two separate brackets applied asa pair to the cabinet structure. The pair comprises a right and a leftbracket, FIGS. 1 and 3, which are structurally similar. The use of thetwo brackets renders the drawer support means applicable to cabinetshaving drawer openings of different width dimensions, since the bracketsmay be spaced from one another as required to span the drawer opening.

In accordance with the modification, FIGS. through 13, the drawersupport means is presented as a composite unit, designed to fit a draweropening having a specific width dimension. Here the unit comprises rightand left brackets 136, 137 joined at their forward ends by a bridgemember 60 spanning the bodies or plates 138, 138 and their respectivegussets 144, 144.

The bridge member includes an upright forward wall 142 which at itsupper extremity is turned outwardly and downwardly at 146 and 156 toprovide a hook or hanger adapted to embrace a cabinet rail 26 forsupport of the brackets solely by means of the cabinet front wall rail.

The bridge member 60 may be integral with plates 138 and/or gussets 144,or it may be a separate part fixed to the plates and/or gussets in anysuitable manner, such as by means of welds, rivets, crimps or otherappropriate fastening devices. As herein disclosed, bridge member 60 isof limited length, and is dimensioned to establish and maintain adesired predetermined spacing of the drawer guides 150, 150 from oneanother. The material of the drawer guides may be extended forwardly andbent outwardly to provide integral tabs 154, 154 corresponding to thetabs 54 of FIGS. 1 through 9.

If desired, the composite drawer support structure of FIGS. 10 and l 1may have outer side marginal portions 148 corresponding to the outerside marginal portions 48 of FIG. 1, and said side marginal portions 148in the region of tabs 154 may be spaced apart a distance exceedingslightly the width of drawer opening 14. Accordingly, the drawer supportstructure will require an upward flexing or bowing as indicated by thebroken line 62 of FIG. 12, in order to accommodate it to the width ofopening 14. When the drawer support structure is arched upwardly as at62, the hanger 146 will be spaced directly above rail 26, FIG. 12.

By pressing down on hanger 146 to seat it on rail 26, (FIG. 13), thedrawer support structure may be thereby bowed downwardly past a toggledead-center position, as indicated at 64, to spread the supportstructure within the drawer opening and thereby anchor it in place. Theanchorage may be enhanced by providing barbs or pointed detents 66 onthe outer side marginal portions 148 of the support structure, (FIG. 1 lto bite into the material of the cabinet at opening14. The manner inwhich a barb or detent may embed itself in the cabinet material isevident from FIG. 13, at 66.

As will be understood, the inherent resiliency of the metal or othermaterial from which the drawer support member is fabricated, will act tohold down the hanger 146 and keep the detents 66 extended into thecabinet material, assuming the cabinet material to be wood or anysuitable board material penetrable by the detents. If the cabinet is ofmetal or other hard material impenetrable by the detents, holes ordepressions may be provided therein to accommodate the detents at thesides of the drawer opening if desired.

The barbs or detents may conveniently be formed on the side members 148by punching or otherwise deforming the material of the side members, orif desired, they may be in the form of pins or nubs secured to thy sidemembers in any appropriate manner. In some instances the bars or detentsmay be omitted from the structure entirely. Also, the drawer supportmeans or structure of FIG. 10 is operative to support a drawer or thelike, whether or not the width of the structure at tabs 154 exceeds thewidth of the drawer opening 14 as previously mentioned.

In the unitary structure previously described, FIGS. 10 through 13, itis noted that gussets 144, 144 are shown welded to the plates or bodies138, I38; and if desired, the gusset stock may be of heavier gauge thanthat of the plates or bodies. Of course, the gussets could be formedintegrally with the plates if desired, and as suggested by FIG. 3. Also,if any reinforcement of the unit is deemed necessary, the bridge member60 of FIG. 10, might be increased in length so as to approach or reachthe guides 150, with or without a corresponding lengthening of hanger orhook 146. Wall 142, as shown, terminates approximately at the gussets144, 144, but could be extended toward the guides 150, 150 if desired.Wall 142 preferably is welded or otherwise fixed to the gussets at theirforward ends.

It should be understood that the drawer guides carried by the plates orbodies 138, 138, may be of the side-opening channel type of FIG. 5, orthe rib type of FIG. 6, or variations thereof according to FIGS. 7 and8. In any event, the drawer guides are parallel and disposed in a commonplane, with terminal rear ends 140 supported by the gussets. Like thestructure of FIGS. 1 through 9, the structure of FIGS. 10 through 13requires no support other than that furnished by a front rail 26. Theplates or bodies 138 might, if desired, support a plurality of drawerguides in accordance with the teaching of FIG. 9.

The drawer support means herein disclosed may e fabricated from formedor stamped sheet metal, molded or sheet plastic, or a combination ofmetal and plastic or other suitable material having the desired rigidityand durability. In every instance, of course, the drawer support meansis applied to the cabinet or article of furniture before application ofthe top panel 20. It is noted also that the support means is capable ofsupporting slidable elements other than drawers, examples of which are acutting board, writing board, arm rest, or the like.

What is claimed is:

l. Cantilevered drawer support means supported solely on an upperhorizontal rail defining a drawer opening in a wall of a cabinet or thelike, said support means comprising: two body plates each having aforward end, a rear end, and opposite inner and outer side edgeportions; reinforcing means on each of said body plates to rigidify eachbody plate; an elongate drawer guide extending along the outer side edgeportion of said body plate; and hanger means connected to said bodyplates at the forward ends thereof, said hanger means embracing theupper horizontal rail of the cabinet opening to suspend said drawerguides within the cabinet at approximate right angles to the plane ofsaid opening.

2. The support means as defined by claim 1, wherein said hanger meanscomprises an inverted channelshaped hook having a depending lip tooverlie said upper horizontal rail exteriorly of said cabinet wall, saidhanger means being fixed relative to said body plates.

3. The support means as defined by claim 1, wherein said hanger meanscomprises an inverted channelshaped hook having a depending lip tooverlie said upper horizontal rail exteriorly of said cabinet wall, saidhanger means being fixed to said body plates and to said reinforcingmeans.

4. The support means as defined by claim 3, wherein said reinforcingmeans comprises an upstanding gusset fixed to each body plate along theinner side edge portion thereof between said hook and said rear end ofthe body plate.

5. The support means as defined by claim 1, wherein is included a fixedtab located at the approximate level of the drawer guide, to overliesaid cabinet wall adjacent to the drawer opening.

6. The support means as defined by claim 2, wherein is included a fixedtab located at the approximate level of the drawer guide, to overliesaid cabinet wall adjacent to the drawer opening.

7. The support means as defined by claim 1, wherein said two body platesare rigidly connected to one another by said hanger means, to form aunit.

8. The support means as defined by claim 2, wherein said two body platesare rigidly connected to one another by said hanger means, to form aunit.

9. The support means as defined by claim 5, wherein said two body platesare rigidly connected to one another by said hanger means, to form aunit.

10. The support means as defined by claim 6, wherein said two bodyplates are rigidly connected to one another by said invertedchannel-shaped hook.

11. The support means as defined by claim 5, wherein each of said bodyplates is substantially triangular and flat in form, and the reinforcingmeans and said drawer guide are substantially convergent near the rearend of the body plate.

12. The support means as defined by claim 11, wherein said reinforcingmeans and said drawer guide are located on opposite faces of the planeof the body plate.

13. The support means as defined by claim 12, wherein said hanger meanscomprises an inverted channel-shaped hook having a depending lip tooverlie said upper horizontal rail exteriorly of the cabinet, saidhanger means being fixed relative to said body plate.

14. The support means as defined in claim 13, wherein said depending lipand said tab are in a common plane which is normal to the drawer guide.

15. The support means as defined by claim I, wherein said elongatedrawer guide is supplemented by at least one additional drawer guidedisposed at a different elevation relative to the body plate.

16. The support means as defined by claim 5, wherein said elongatedrawer guide is supplemented by at least one additional drawer guidedisposed at a different elevation relative to the body plate.

17. The support means as defined by claim 14, wherein said elongatedrawer guide is supplemented by at least one additional drawer guidedisposed at an increased distance from the body plate.

18. The support means as defined by claim 14, wherein said two bodyplates are rigidly connected to one another by said hanger means, toform a unit 19. The support means as defined by claim 18, wherein saidtwo body plates are substantially flat and are in a common plane.

20. The support means as defined by claim 7,

wherein the body plates are constructed of inherently resilient materialand subject to temporary upward arching so as to reduce the lineardistance between the outer side edges of the rigidly connected bodyplates, said linear distance prior to arching being slightly greaterthan the width dimension of the drawer opening, and being, when arched,slightly less than the width dimension of said opening.

21. The support means as defined by claim 20, wherein the outer sideedge portions of the body plates are provided with outwardly projecteddetents to engage the material of the cabinet at the drawer opening.

22. The support means as defined by claim 20, wherein said hanger meanscomprises an inverted channel-shaped hook having a depending lip tooverlie said upper horizontal rail exteriorly of said cabinet wall, saidhanger means being fixed relative to said body plates.

23. The support means as defined by claim 21, wherein said hanger meanscomprises an inverted channel-shaped hook having a depending lip tooverlie said. upper horizontal rail, said hanger means being fixedrelative to said body plates.

24. The support means as defined by claim 20, wherein is included afixed tab located at the approximate level of each drawer guide, tooverlie said cabinet wall adjacent to the drawer opening.

25. The support means as defined by claim 21, wherein is included afixed tab located at the approximate level of the drawer guide, tooverlie said cabinet wall adjacent to the drawer opening.

26. The support means as defined by claim 21, wherein said hanger meanscomprises an inverted channel-shaped hook having a depending lip tooverlie said upper horizontal rail, said hanger means being fixedrelative to said body plates.

27. The support means as defined by claim 27,

wherein is included a fixed tab located at the approximate level of thedrawer guide, to overlie said cabinet wall adjacent to the draweropening.

28. The support means as defined by claim 27, wherein said depending lipand said tabs are in a common plane which is normal to a drawer guide.

29. The support means as defined by claim 28, wherein said two bodyplates are substantially flat and are normally in a common plane priorto arching.

30. The support means as defined by claim 24, wherein said hanger meanscomprises an inverted channel-shaped hook having a depending lip tooverlie said upper horizontal rail, said hanger means being fixedrelative to said body plates.

31. The support means as defined by claim 30, wherein said depending lipand said tabs are in a common plane which is normal to a drawer guide.

32. Cantilevered drawer support means for supporting a drawer in acabinet, said cabinet having a drawer opening with opposite sides, atop, and a bottom defining the opening, drawer support bracket and guidemeans attached solely at the top of said opening and supported from thetop of said opening at opposite sides thereof, said drawer supportbracket and guide means extending substantially horizontally rearwardlyof said opening and substantially perpendicular to the plane thereof.

1. Cantilevered drawer support means Supported solely on an upperhorizontal rail defining a drawer opening in a wall of a cabinet or thelike, said support means comprising: two body plates each having aforward end, a rear end, and opposite inner and outer side edgeportions; reinforcing means on each of said body plates to rigidify eachbody plate; an elongate drawer guide extending along the outer side edgeportion of said body plate; and hanger means connected to said bodyplates at the forward ends thereof, said hanger means embracing theupper horizontal rail of the cabinet opening to suspend said drawerguides within the cabinet at approximate right angles to the plane ofsaid opening.
 2. The support means as defined by claim 1, wherein saidhanger means comprises an inverted channel-shaped hook having adepending lip to overlie said upper horizontal rail exteriorly of saidcabinet wall, said hanger means being fixed relative to said bodyplates.
 3. The support means as defined by claim 1, wherein said hangermeans comprises an inverted channel-shaped hook having a depending lipto overlie said upper horizontal rail exteriorly of said cabinet wall,said hanger means being fixed to said body plates and to saidreinforcing means.
 4. The support means as defined by claim 3, whereinsaid reinforcing means comprises an upstanding gusset fixed to each bodyplate along the inner side edge portion thereof between said hook andsaid rear end of the body plate.
 5. The support means as defined byclaim 1, wherein is included a fixed tab located at the approximatelevel of the drawer guide, to overlie said cabinet wall adjacent to thedrawer opening.
 6. The support means as defined by claim 2, wherein isincluded a fixed tab located at the approximate level of the drawerguide, to overlie said cabinet wall adjacent to the drawer opening. 7.The support means as defined by claim 1, wherein said two body platesare rigidly connected to one another by said hanger means, to form aunit.
 8. The support means as defined by claim 2, wherein said two bodyplates are rigidly connected to one another by said hanger means, toform a unit.
 9. The support means as defined by claim 5, wherein saidtwo body plates are rigidly connected to one another by said hangermeans, to form a unit.
 10. The support means as defined by claim 6,wherein said two body plates are rigidly connected to one another bysaid inverted channel-shaped hook.
 11. The support means as defined byclaim 5, wherein each of said body plates is substantially triangularand flat in form, and the reinforcing means and said drawer guide aresubstantially convergent near the rear end of the body plate.
 12. Thesupport means as defined by claim 11, wherein said reinforcing means andsaid drawer guide are located on opposite faces of the plane of the bodyplate.
 13. The support means as defined by claim 12, wherein said hangermeans comprises an inverted channel-shaped hook having a depending lipto overlie said upper horizontal rail exteriorly of the cabinet, saidhanger means being fixed relative to said body plate.
 14. The supportmeans as defined in claim 13, wherein said depending lip and said tabare in a common plane which is normal to the drawer guide.
 15. Thesupport means as defined by claim 1, wherein said elongate drawer guideis supplemented by at least one additional drawer guide disposed at adifferent elevation relative to the body plate.
 16. The support means asdefined by claim 5, wherein said elongate drawer guide is supplementedby at least one additional drawer guide disposed at a differentelevation relative to the body plate.
 17. The support means as definedby claim 14, wherein said elongate drawer guide is supplemented by atleast one additional drawer guide disposed at an increased distance fromthe body plate.
 18. The support means as defined by claim 14, whereinsaid two body plates are rigidly connected to one another by said hangermeans, to form a unit
 19. The support means as defined by claim 18,wherein said two body plates are substantially flat and are in a commonplane.
 20. The support means as defined by claim 7, wherein the bodyplates are constructed of inherently resilient material and subject totemporary upward arching so as to reduce the linear distance between theouter side edges of the rigidly connected body plates, said lineardistance prior to arching being slightly greater than the widthdimension of the drawer opening, and being, when arched, slightly lessthan the width dimension of said opening.
 21. The support means asdefined by claim 20, wherein the outer side edge portions of the bodyplates are provided with outwardly projected detents to engage thematerial of the cabinet at the drawer opening.
 22. The support means asdefined by claim 20, wherein said hanger means comprises an invertedchannel-shaped hook having a depending lip to overlie said upperhorizontal rail exteriorly of said cabinet wall, said hanger means beingfixed relative to said body plates.
 23. The support means as defined byclaim 21, wherein said hanger means comprises an inverted channel-shapedhook having a depending lip to overlie said upper horizontal rail, saidhanger means being fixed relative to said body plates.
 24. The supportmeans as defined by claim 20, wherein is included a fixed tab located atthe approximate level of each drawer guide, to overlie said cabinet walladjacent to the drawer opening.
 25. The support means as defined byclaim 21, wherein is included a fixed tab located at the approximatelevel of the drawer guide, to overlie said cabinet wall adjacent to thedrawer opening.
 26. The support means as defined by claim 21, whereinsaid hanger means comprises an inverted channel-shaped hook having adepending lip to overlie said upper horizontal rail, said hanger meansbeing fixed relative to said body plates.
 27. The support means asdefined by claim 27, wherein is included a fixed tab located at theapproximate level of the drawer guide, to overlie said cabinet walladjacent to the drawer opening.
 28. The support means as defined byclaim 27, wherein said depending lip and said tabs are in a common planewhich is normal to a drawer guide.
 29. The support means as defined byclaim 28, wherein said two body plates are substantially flat and arenormally in a common plane prior to arching.
 30. The support means asdefined by claim 24, wherein said hanger means comprises an invertedchannel-shaped hook having a depending lip to overlie said upperhorizontal rail, said hanger means being fixed relative to said bodyplates.
 31. The support means as defined by claim 30, wherein saiddepending lip and said tabs are in a common plane which is normal to adrawer guide.
 32. Cantilevered drawer support means for supporting adrawer in a cabinet, said cabinet having a drawer opening with oppositesides, a top, and a bottom defining the opening, drawer support bracketand guide means attached solely at the top of said opening and supportedfrom the top of said opening at opposite sides thereof, said drawersupport bracket and guide means extending substantially horizontallyrearwardly of said opening and substantially perpendicular to the planethereof.